Chalk up a shortage in Alabama as well. I recently re-bought a PS2 due to the flood of great games coming out (after selling my first one). I couldn't find a memory card in any store in my town, and I finally found one in Birmingham... or so I thought. The guy failed to tell me on the phone it was one of the ugly Nyko cards. I bought it though, and it's working fine.

At my store (fye) today, we received an email from our games buyer stating that Sony is currently out of memory cards, Dual Shock 2s, and DVD remotes, and they don't expect to have more available until sometime in March. So if you can't find them, you probably won't for a few more weeks.

YEAH no wonder, I went to several stores before finding an extra PS2 controller in san diego. I was about to give up and buy the pS1 controller, but i like to have the controllers match.

Thanks wheredebo, I appreciate the answer and link.

I went to my local Circuit City and found PS 2 games and hardware everywhere. And this with all PS 2 stuffs sold out everywhere else in the area. Not sure why, but people tend not to visit CC for these purchases, I guess....

At the risk of sounding completely dense, the PS1 Dual Shock controllers are also completely compatible with PS2? If so, that's great, considering I have 3 from my PS1 and my wife surprised me with a new PS2 last night. WOOHOO!

If this is correct, are any capabilities lost when using a PS1 Dual Shock? Obviously, I'd use the Dual Shock 2 primarily, but if the original controller works for 2-player games and as a backup, I'm good.

The only capabilities lost are the games that have pressure sensitive elements in it (like Grand Theft Auto 3, Madden 2002, etc.). Only the Dual Shock 2 has pressure sensitive buttons (i.e. the less you press the less speed you have, the harder you press the more speed).

I went to the EB in Superstition Springs Mall out in Mesa AZ and they have the Sony brand for $35. The salesman was an xbox fanboy though so expect to hear about the evil that is sony and the wonder that is xbox.

ok this is what i heard about the ps2 memory cards. apparently wal*mart bought all memory cards first party, 3rd party whoever on some sort of 3 month contract. so no other stores will be getting shipments of memory cards for the next 3 months. I heard this yesterday from a pal mine in HQ at CompUSA. im not sure how accurate that is. trying to find some proof of some sort now, but as rumors go its a pretty good one

if this were true wouldn't you think Walmart would attempt to sell them? I have checked three Walmarts here in Mesa and they have nothing.

So can somebody rank the quality of the different brands? Capabilities, reliability, etc.? I need to get one and if a third party product is cheaper and every bit as good, that's obviously what I'll go for.

Some of the games will not vibrate with the old Dual Shock. I am not sure if it was SSX or Madden 2001 but one I tried did not rumble.